Living at the bottom of Park Slope feels increasingly risky.
I woke up this morning to the sound of my husband telling me that there was a man up to his waist in water on a street a block from us and that the outdoor seating for a bar nearby had already collapsed into the water. We live in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the bottom of the “slope.” I got out of bed and watched a car headed for a particularly watery part of the street make a U-turn, driving across a low concrete median instead of attempting to drive through it.
“Heavy rain in NYC causing flooding of streets & low-lying areas, including basements. Prepare to move to higher ground if needed as flooding may occur with little to no notice and can be life-threatening,” the city’s
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